Leptoropha

{{short description|Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Middle Permian, {{fossil_range|Guadalupian}}

| image = Leptoropha21DB.jpg

| image_upright = 1.15

| image_caption = Restoration of Leptoropha talonorophus

| taxon = Leptoropha

| authority = Chudinov, 1955

| type_species = {{extinct}}Leptoropha novojilovi

| type_species_authority = Chudinov, 1955

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

  • L. novojilovi Chudinov, 1955 (type)
  • L. talonorophus (Chudinov, 1955 [originally Rhipaeosaurus]) Reisz & Laurin, 2001

| synonyms =

}}

Leptoropha is an extinct genus of aquatic seymouriamorph known from the Middle Permian of Russia.{{cite journal|last=Tsuji|first=Linda A.|author2=Müller, Johannes |author3=Reisz, Robert R. |title=Anatomy of Emeroleter levis and the phylogeny of the nycteroleter parareptiles|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology|date=1 January 2012|volume=32|issue=1|pages=45–67|doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.626004}}

References

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Category:Seymouriamorpha

Category:Permian tetrapods of Asia

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